Noodle-bowl themed restaurant coming this fall After years of running a food booth at the beer fest and Southeast Alaska State Fair, Sarah Bishop is making plans to open a sit-down restaurant in October in the former salmon bake building in the middle of the parade grounds. Acknowledging that most new businesses try to open […]
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This Week in History
June 1971 Kayaks, canoes and rafts will careen down Chilkoot in annual ‘Mad Raft Race’ This year’s Mad Raft Race, a major event in the Dalton Trail Days, will feature three classifications: kayaks, canoes and rafts. The race will begin at Chilkoot Lake and will finish just past the Chilkoot River bridge. Each class will run separately. […]
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Why is the Chamber leading a town hall?
The Haines Borough Assembly voted Tuesday night supporting phases 1-2 of the new, phased plan for the Lutak dock. This was two days before the Lutak Dock Town Hall, which is being billed as a chance for the public to discuss “what we want from Lutak Dock.” Neither the assembly nor the public have seen plans, cost estimates, or financial terms for Phase […]
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Assembly sends yurt-ban ordinance to Government Affairs and Services
An ordinance banning yurts as permanent residences within the townsite has been referred to the Haines Borough Assembly’s Government Affairs and Services (GAS) Committee for further discussion. At a June 10 meeting, the planning commission unanimously recommended the assembly consider an ordinance classifying yurts, along with RVs and wall tents, as “temporary use dwellings,” limiting habitation of […]
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Inflation bolsters sales tax in Haines
April sales tax numbers are up not only compared to this time last year. They’re also higher than April 2019. The borough collected $241,011 in sales tax in April, up 46% from 2020, and up 16% from 2019, according to a recent sales tax report. A reopening economy is one explanation for the uptick in […]
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Freight ramp sinks temporarily
The Alaska Marine Lines (AML) freight ramp is back in operation after being temporarily out of commission last Thursday. “We mobilized our barge up there to address the situation and fix it. We were successful in righting it, and obviously the barge came in Monday and delivered groceries and we didn’t have a problem,” Alaska […]
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Planning commission approves Halsingland solar project
Solar power is coming to Hotel Halsingland. On June 10, the Haines Borough Planning Commission approved installation of solar panels on a portion of roof facing away from the Fort Seward fairgrounds. Although solar panels have no permitting requirements in borough code, the proposal put forward by Halsingland owner Jeff Butcher required Planning Commission review because of […]
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We need better cell service
Among priorities that our community needs to address before the next “slide” season (or as soon as possible), perhaps nothing is more important than establishing reliable cell phone service Borough-wide and eliminating as many “shadow” non-service areas as possible. Let’s not kid ourselves that such future events are unlikely to reoccur. The proposed Lutak expansion is not […]
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Dock face needs to be addressed, harbormaster says
Haines remains divided when it comes to the new, phased plan for Lutak Dock renovations, with residents speaking for and against the proposal at a June 3 town hall meeting. The Lutak Dock face has reached the end of its service life and officially closed last year after Alaska Marine Lines (AML) completed construction of a new freight ramp, […]
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Eighty percent of December damages occurred in Haines
Geoscientists update residents on project timelines A group of engineers and geoscientists updated residents last week on research efforts and projects related to the December storms, including the installation of a new weather station on Mount Riley and plans to map undeveloped land for landslide hazards. University of Alaska Fairbanks professor of geological engineering Margaret […]